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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Mobile, AL

June 16, 1994Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1994, 4:16 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1994, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1994, 5:05 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMOB 162119 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC003-162215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
416 PM CDT THU JUN 16 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY
 
 
AT 412 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH BALDWIN
COUNTY NEAR FOLEY ALABAMA. TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND SOME MINOR BUILDING
DAMAGE OCCURED AT THE RIVERIA OUTLET CENTER NEAR FOLEY AROUND 400 PM CDT
AS THIS STORM MOVED OVER THE OUTLET. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH
AT 5 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER THE CITY OF FOLEY.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
FLZ001>010-012-162030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
240 PM CDT THU JUN 16 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE
COAST FROM PENSACOLA EAST TO BAY COUNTY.

THESE STORNS WILL DUMP HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING STREET AND LOW AREA
FLOODING. IN ADJDITION...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-501-MSZ075>082-LAZ-162155-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 PM CDT THU JUN 16 1994

AT 345 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COAST.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER
SOUTH BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA AND JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.  THE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIDN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.